Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: is it developing and spreading?
Rationale, Aims & Objectives: Pharmaceutical care involves patient-centred pharmacist activity to improve medicines management by patients. The implementation of this service in a comprehensive manner, however, requires considerable organisation and effort and indeed it is often not fully implem...
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| author | Costa, Filipa A. Scullin, Claire Al-Taani, Ghaith Hawwa, Ahmed F. Anderson, Claire Bezverhni, Zinaida Binakaj, Zahida Cordina, Maria Foulon, Veerle Bikuna, Borja Garcia de de Gier, Han Granås, Anne Gerd Grinstova, Olga Griese-Mammen, Nina Grincevicius, Jonas Grinceviciene, Svitrigaile Kaae, Susanne Kubiliene, Loreta Mariño, Eduardo L. Martins, Silvia Modamio, Pilar Nadin, Giancarlo Nørgaard, Lotte Stig Obarcanin, Emina Tadic, Ivana Tasic, Ljiljana McElnay, James C. Hersberger, Kurt E. Westerlund, Tommy |
| author_facet | Costa, Filipa A. Scullin, Claire Al-Taani, Ghaith Hawwa, Ahmed F. Anderson, Claire Bezverhni, Zinaida Binakaj, Zahida Cordina, Maria Foulon, Veerle Bikuna, Borja Garcia de de Gier, Han Granås, Anne Gerd Grinstova, Olga Griese-Mammen, Nina Grincevicius, Jonas Grinceviciene, Svitrigaile Kaae, Susanne Kubiliene, Loreta Mariño, Eduardo L. Martins, Silvia Modamio, Pilar Nadin, Giancarlo Nørgaard, Lotte Stig Obarcanin, Emina Tadic, Ivana Tasic, Ljiljana McElnay, James C. Hersberger, Kurt E. Westerlund, Tommy |
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| description | Rationale, Aims & Objectives: Pharmaceutical care involves patient-centred pharmacist activity to improve medicines management by patients. The implementation of this service in a comprehensive manner, however, requires considerable organisation and effort and indeed it is often not fully implemented in care settings.
The main objective was to assess how pharmaceutical care provision within community pharmacy has evolved over time in Europe.
Method: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of community pharmacies, using a modified version of the Behavioural Pharmaceutical Care Scale (BPCS) was conducted in late 2012/early 2013 within 16 European countries and compared with an earlier assessment conducted in 2006.
Results: The provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care has slightly improved in all European countries that participated in both editions of this survey (n=8) with progress being made particularly in Denmark and Switzerland. Moreover, there was a wider country uptake, indicating spread of the concept. However, due to a number of limitations, the results should be interpreted with caution. Using combined data from participating countries, the provision of pharmaceutical care was positively correlated with the participation of the community pharmacists in patient-centred activities, routine use of pharmacy software with access to clinical data, participation in multi-disciplinary team meetings and having specialised education.
Conclusion: The present study demonstrated a slight evolution in self-reported provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe, as measured by the BPCS. The slow progress suggests a range of barriers which are preventing pharmacists moving beyond traditional roles. Support from professional bodies and more patient centred community pharmacy contracts, including remuneration for pharmaceutical care services, are likely to be required if quicker progress is to be made in the future. |
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| spelling | nottingham-461792020-05-04T19:53:49Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46179/ Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: is it developing and spreading? Costa, Filipa A. Scullin, Claire Al-Taani, Ghaith Hawwa, Ahmed F. Anderson, Claire Bezverhni, Zinaida Binakaj, Zahida Cordina, Maria Foulon, Veerle Bikuna, Borja Garcia de de Gier, Han Granås, Anne Gerd Grinstova, Olga Griese-Mammen, Nina Grincevicius, Jonas Grinceviciene, Svitrigaile Kaae, Susanne Kubiliene, Loreta Mariño, Eduardo L. Martins, Silvia Modamio, Pilar Nadin, Giancarlo Nørgaard, Lotte Stig Obarcanin, Emina Tadic, Ivana Tasic, Ljiljana McElnay, James C. Hersberger, Kurt E. Westerlund, Tommy Rationale, Aims & Objectives: Pharmaceutical care involves patient-centred pharmacist activity to improve medicines management by patients. The implementation of this service in a comprehensive manner, however, requires considerable organisation and effort and indeed it is often not fully implemented in care settings. The main objective was to assess how pharmaceutical care provision within community pharmacy has evolved over time in Europe. Method: A cross-sectional questionnaire-based survey of community pharmacies, using a modified version of the Behavioural Pharmaceutical Care Scale (BPCS) was conducted in late 2012/early 2013 within 16 European countries and compared with an earlier assessment conducted in 2006. Results: The provision of comprehensive pharmaceutical care has slightly improved in all European countries that participated in both editions of this survey (n=8) with progress being made particularly in Denmark and Switzerland. Moreover, there was a wider country uptake, indicating spread of the concept. However, due to a number of limitations, the results should be interpreted with caution. Using combined data from participating countries, the provision of pharmaceutical care was positively correlated with the participation of the community pharmacists in patient-centred activities, routine use of pharmacy software with access to clinical data, participation in multi-disciplinary team meetings and having specialised education. Conclusion: The present study demonstrated a slight evolution in self-reported provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe, as measured by the BPCS. The slow progress suggests a range of barriers which are preventing pharmacists moving beyond traditional roles. Support from professional bodies and more patient centred community pharmacy contracts, including remuneration for pharmaceutical care services, are likely to be required if quicker progress is to be made in the future. Wiley 2017-12 Article PeerReviewed Costa, Filipa A., Scullin, Claire, Al-Taani, Ghaith, Hawwa, Ahmed F., Anderson, Claire, Bezverhni, Zinaida, Binakaj, Zahida, Cordina, Maria, Foulon, Veerle, Bikuna, Borja Garcia de, de Gier, Han, Granås, Anne Gerd, Grinstova, Olga, Griese-Mammen, Nina, Grincevicius, Jonas, Grinceviciene, Svitrigaile, Kaae, Susanne, Kubiliene, Loreta, Mariño, Eduardo L., Martins, Silvia, Modamio, Pilar, Nadin, Giancarlo, Nørgaard, Lotte Stig, Obarcanin, Emina, Tadic, Ivana, Tasic, Ljiljana, McElnay, James C., Hersberger, Kurt E. and Westerlund, Tommy (2017) Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: is it developing and spreading? Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 23 (6). pp. 1336-1347. ISSN 1365-2753 pharmaceutical care; implementation; Europe; medication review; pharmacy services; medicines use http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jep.12783/abstract doi:10.1111/jep.12783 doi:10.1111/jep.12783 |
| spellingShingle | pharmaceutical care; implementation; Europe; medication review; pharmacy services; medicines use Costa, Filipa A. Scullin, Claire Al-Taani, Ghaith Hawwa, Ahmed F. Anderson, Claire Bezverhni, Zinaida Binakaj, Zahida Cordina, Maria Foulon, Veerle Bikuna, Borja Garcia de de Gier, Han Granås, Anne Gerd Grinstova, Olga Griese-Mammen, Nina Grincevicius, Jonas Grinceviciene, Svitrigaile Kaae, Susanne Kubiliene, Loreta Mariño, Eduardo L. Martins, Silvia Modamio, Pilar Nadin, Giancarlo Nørgaard, Lotte Stig Obarcanin, Emina Tadic, Ivana Tasic, Ljiljana McElnay, James C. Hersberger, Kurt E. Westerlund, Tommy Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: is it developing and spreading? |
| title | Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: is it developing and spreading? |
| title_full | Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: is it developing and spreading? |
| title_fullStr | Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: is it developing and spreading? |
| title_full_unstemmed | Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: is it developing and spreading? |
| title_short | Provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across Europe: is it developing and spreading? |
| title_sort | provision of pharmaceutical care by community pharmacists across europe: is it developing and spreading? |
| topic | pharmaceutical care; implementation; Europe; medication review; pharmacy services; medicines use |
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